Hollow tube cushioning packaging material structure

ABSTRACT

A packaging material structure is formed by a plurality of hollow tubes stacked on and juxtaposed next to one another. The packaging material structure forms at least one accommodating space for holding any fragile or delicate objects. More particularly, the hollow tubes are formed from drawing paper pulp of waste paper or plant fiber to replace polluting chemical materials to achieve the object of environment protection.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

a) Field of the Invention

The invention relates in general to a packaging material structure, andmore particularly, to a hollow tube cushioning packaging materialstructure made from a paper material (including waste paper), plantfiber or paper pulp.

b) Description of the Prior Art

With the continual progress of technologies, common commercial dailyelectronic appliances, electronic devices, precision products or fragileproducts, in order to provide a more esthetic appearance and to protectthe intactness of products, are packaged by harder packaging materialsor packaging materials of better quality. During the production processof products, associated components need to be transported to reachdown-stream manufacturers. To prevent damages caused by collision,vibration or extrusion, packages materials such as polystyrene foam andexpandable polyethylene (EPE) generally referred to as foam paper arealso adopted to secure products and to provide extra space to reduceimpact.

Cushioning materials made from the foregoing polystyrene foam and EPEgenerally referred to as foam paper are common conventional approaches.However, with the rise of environmental awareness, these conventionalcushioning materials made from polystyrene foam and EPE generallyreferred to as foam paper are being gradually replaced or even banned.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is a primary object of the present invention to achieve objects ofcushioning external impacts and recycling waste for environmentalprotection by hollow tubes made from paper pulp, paper materials orplant fiber, and particularly by hollow tubes drawn and made from paperpulp of waste paper.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a hollowtube cushioning packaging material structure including a plurality ofhollow tubes. The hollow tubes are crossed and stacked or juxtaposed toform a packaging material structure, which forms an accommodating spacetherein.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the accommodatingspace is formed by the hollow tubes in a surrounding manner.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the accommodatingspace is defined by the hollow tubes having different lengths.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the hollow tubecushioning packaging material structure further includes a plurality ofcushioning tubes respectively installed in crevice spaces defined by thehollow tubes stacked and juxtaposed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cushioningtubes are made from paper pulp of waste paper.

It is a secondary object of the present invention to replace theconventional polystyrene foam and EPE generally referred to as foampaper to achieve pollution-free environmental protection.

It is another object of the present invention to reinforce thecushioning effect of a packaging material structure and to enhanceprotected objects by increasing the crevice spaces with the cushioningtubes between the hollow tubes.

The above and other aspects of the invention will become betterunderstood with regard to the following detailed description of thepreferred but non-limiting embodiments. These embodiments can beunderstood and accordingly implemented by one person having ordinaryskill in the art. According to contents, claims and drawings disclosedby the disclosure, one person having ordinary skill in the art caneasily understand objects and advantages of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective schematic diagram according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective schematic diagram of the packaging materialstructure in FIG. 1 in a used state and holding an object;

FIG. 3 is a perspective schematic diagram according to another preferredof the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective schematic diagram of the packaging materialstructure in FIG. 3 in another used state and holding an object;

FIG. 5 is a planar schematic diagram of the present invention added witha cushioning tube;

FIG. 6 is a perspective schematic diagram according to another preferredembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective schematic diagram according to another preferredembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is another perspective schematic diagram according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 9 is another perspective schematic diagram according to a preferredembodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The above and other aspects of the invention will become betterunderstood with regard to the following detailed description of thepreferred but non-limiting embodiments in the disclosure to one havingordinary skill in the art.

Structures, ratios and sizes in the drawings of the application are forillustrating the contents of the disclosure for one person havingordinary skill in the art to better understand and read the application,and are not to be construed as limitations to the implementation of thepresent invention and do not imply any substantial technical meanings.Any structural modifications, ratios changes or size adjustments,without affecting the effects and achievable objects of the presentinvention, are regarded within the scope of the technical contentsdisclosed by the present invention. Terms such as “one”, “two” and “up”used in the disclosure are descriptive for easy understanding, and arenot to be construed as limitations to the implementation of the presentinvention. Without substantially altering the technical contents,changes or adjustments made to the relations of the terms are alsoencompassed within the implementation scope of the present invention.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a perspective schematic diagram and a perspectiveschematic diagram of a packaging material structure in a used state andholding an object according to an embodiment of the present invention.The present invention provides a hollow tube cushioning packagingmaterial structure made from a paper material (including waste paper),plant fiber or paper pulp. The hollow tube cushioning packaging materialstructure mainly includes a plurality of hollow tubes 10 crossed andstacked or juxtaposed to form a packaging material structure 1. Thepackaging material structure 1 forms at least one accommodating space12. In FIG. 2, the hollow tubes 10 are placed in a surrounding manner todefine the accommodating space 12, and so the depth and height of theaccommodating space 12 may be determined by the length and the number ofstacks of the hollow tubes 10. For example, when an accommodated object2 has a size of that of a laptop computer, the length of the hollowtubes 10 is first restrained when drawing the paper pulp. Alternatively,the hollow tubes 10 are drawn from the paper pulp to have a fixed lengthand then cut. The hollow tubes 10 are then stacked onto one another orjuxtaposed and adhered to define the accommodating space 12 foraccommodating the laptop computer. Thus, the hollow tubes 10 made fromthe paper pulp not only achieve the object of recycling waste forenvironmental protection, but also at the same time accomplishes theeffect of cushioning external impacts through the arrangement of thehollow tubes 10.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are a perspective schematic diagram and a perspectiveschematic diagram of a packaging material structure in a used state andholding an object according to another embodiment of the presentinvention. The structure as well as achievable effect and object of thepresent invention are explained in the foregoing description. Inaddition to forming an accommodating space 12 a by a crossing andstacked or juxtaposed arrangement of hollow tubes 10 a, theaccommodating space 12 a may also be formed by the hollow tubes 10 ahaving different lengths. In the embodiment, a cell phone is held forexample. In order to effectively protect a cell phone 3 a, the hollowtubes 10 a are categorized into long hollow tubes 100 a and short hollowtubes 102 a. The long hollow tubes 100 a may be juxtaposed to form alower portion, and the short hollow tubes 102 a are used to define theaccommodating space 12 a, in which the cell phone 3 a can be held. It isknown from the above that, a special packaging material structure 1 afor smaller objects can be formed by using the hollow tubes 10 a havingdifferent lengths. Thus, the hollow tubes 10 a made from the paper pulpnot only achieves the object of recycling waste for environmentalprotection, but also at the same time accomplishes the effect ofcushioning external impacts through the arrangement of the hollow tubes10 a.

FIG. 5 shows a planar schematic diagram of a structure of cushioningtubes of the present invention. To further enhance the effect of objectprotection, the present invention further includes a plurality ofcushioning tubes 14 made from paper pulp. The cushioning tubes 14 may beinstalled in the crevice spaces 16 defined by the plurality of hollowtubes 10 stacked and juxtaposed. With the cushioning tubes 14additionally installed in the crevice spaces 16 between the hollow tubes10, the cushioning effect of the packaging material structure 1 (asshown in FIG. 1) is effectively reinforced. It should be noted that,given that the functions of cushioning and protection are achieved, thehollow tubes 10 or the cushioning tubes 14 are not limited to tubes witha circular tubal cross section. For example, the hollow tubes 10 or thecushioning tubes 14 may be tubes with a triangular, rhombus or polygonaltubal cross section, and may have a diameter, thickness and firmnessdesigned for cushioning and anti-collision requirements.

FIG. 6 shows a perspective schematic diagram according to anotherpreferred embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, thehollow tubes 10 having the same size are in a crossing and stackedarrangement, so as to effectively reinforce the cushioning effect of thepackaging material structure 1 and enhance the object of objectprotection. FIG. 7 shows a perspective schematic diagram according toanother preferred embodiment. A plurality of hollow tubes 10 arejuxtaposed and are stacked into multiple layers. A slip sheet 4 isplaced between every two layers of the plurality of hollow tubes 10.Using the slip sheets 4, the stacking operation of the plurality ofhollow tubes 10 as well as the cushioning tubes 14 (as shown in FIG. 5)can be made easier. Further, an advertisement or an artistic pattern maybe presented on the outermost slip sheet 4.

In addition to the foregoing embodiments, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are twoother perspective schematic diagrams of preferred embodiments of thepresent invention. The packaging material structure 1 of these twodifferent patterns are formed by hollow tubes 10 having differentlengths, and are crossed and stacked according to the forms of productsto form the required packaging material structure 1, thereby effectivelyachieving the object of object protection and cushioning from impacts.

While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms ofthe preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention isnot limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended to cover variousmodifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope ofthe appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadestinterpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similararrangements and procedures.

What is claimed is:
 1. A hollow tube cushioning packaging materialstructure, comprising: a plurality of hollow tubes, drawn and made froma paper material (including waste paper) or paper pulp made of plantfiber, crossed and stacked or juxtaposed to form a packaging materialstructure, wherein the packaging material structure forms at least oneaccommodating space.
 2. The hollow tube cushioning packaging materialstructure according to claim 1, wherein the accommodating space isformed by the hollow tubes in a surrounding manner.
 3. The hollow tubecushioning packaging material structure according to claim 1, whereinthe accommodating space is defined by the hollow tubes having differentlengths.
 4. The hollow tube cushioning packaging material structureaccording to claim 1, wherein a tubal cross section, a tubal diameter,thickness and firmness of the hollow tubes are designed according tocushioning and anti-collision requirements.
 5. The hollow tubecushioning packaging material structure according to claim 1, whereinthe hollow tubes are connected by slip sheets in between.
 6. The hollowtube cushioning packaging material structure according to claim 1,further including a plurality of cushioning tubes installed in crevicespaces defined by the plurality of hollow tubes crossed and stacked orjuxtaposed.
 7. The hollow tube cushioning packaging material structureaccording to claim 6, wherein a tubal cross section, a tubal diameter,thickness and firmness of the cushioning tubes are designed according tocushioning and anti-collision requirements.
 8. The hollow tubecushioning packaging material structure according to claim 6, whereinthe cushioning tubes are made from paper pulp of waste paper.
 9. Thehollow tube cushioning packaging material structure according to claim1, wherein the hollow tubes are crossed and stacked according tocushioning and anti-collision requirements.